Tour Scotland Video Highland Dancing Ceres Highland Games

Tour Scotland video shot today of Highland Dancing at Ceres Highland Games, Fife, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Video City of St Andrews Pipe Band Playing in Ceres

Tour Scotland video of The City Of St Andrews Pipe Band playing in the village of Ceres, Fife, Scotland. The City Of St Andrews Pipe Band in Ceres prior to the start of the Ceres Highland Games.

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Tour Scotland Video Highland Dancers Ceres Highland Games

Tour Scotland video of Highland Dancers at Ceres Highland Games, Fife, Scotland. Young Highland Dancers dancing a Scottish sword dance today a Ceres Highland Games.

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Tour Scotland Video City of St Andrews Pipe Band Marching Into Ceres

Tour Scotland video of The City Of St Andrews Pipe Band marching into Ceres, Fife, Scotland. The City Of St Andrews Pipe Band in Ceres prior to the start of the Ceres Highland Games. The Ceres Games are said to have been held every year since 1314 after Robert the Bruce granted the village permission to hold them in commemoration of its men's participation in the Battle of Bannockburn. Now staged in the form of Highland games, they are the oldest free games in Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Video Highland Sword Dancesr Ceres Highland Games

Tour Scotland travel video of Sword Dancers at Ceres Highland Games, Fife. Gillie Callum or " Scottish sword dance " the dancer crosses two swords on the ground in an "X" shape, dances around and within the 4 quarters of it. In 1573 Scottish mercenaries are said to have performed a Scottish Sword dance before the Swedish King, John III, at a banquet held in Stockholm Castle. The dance, " a natural feature of the festivities, " was used as part of a plot to assassinate the King, where the conspirators were able to bare their weapons without arousing suspicion. Fortunately for the King, at the decisive moment the agreed signal was never given. " Sword dance and Hieland Dances " were included at a reception for Anne of Denmark at Edinburgh in 1589 and a mixture of sword dance and acrobatics was performed before James VI in 1617 and again for King Charles I in 1633, by the Incorporation of Skinners and Glovers of Perth All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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